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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5259"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5259 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards of education", "Education", "Homeless youth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Antonio Felipe", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Farley Santos", "Frank Smith", "Geraldo C. Reyes", "Heather S. Somers", "Herron Gaston", "James Sanchez", "John A. Kissel", "Josh Elliott", "Kathy Kennedy", "Larry B. Butler", "Laurie Sweet", "Md Rahman", "Michael \"mj\" Shannon", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia A. Dillon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/819adf44-5e50-4ebd-aae7-ea55a6c6b922"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "0d504b2436997fe653ad121c99ed013eee985d4a6a2085115fda9abc151a0474"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---
# Connecticut HB 5259 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05259-R000025-FC.PDF)
2. **HSG Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05259-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00125-R00HB-05259-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05259-R00-HB.PDF)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **1366** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Antonio Felipe — primary (person)
- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Farley Santos — primary (person)
- Frank Smith — primary (person)
- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Herron Gaston — primary (person)
- James Sanchez — primary (person)
- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- Josh Elliott — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Larry B. Butler — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Md Rahman — primary (person)
- Michael "mj" Shannon — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-19** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** PUBLIC HEARING 0224
- **2026-03-05** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/16/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 49
- **2026-03-16** FILE NO. 25
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 376
- **2026-05-06** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-125
- **2026-05-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/819adf44-5e50-4ebd-aae7-ea55a6c6b922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).